Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking [Paperback]

Julee Rosso (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 1993

Julee Rosso, the co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbook brings us the cookbook for the '90s, focusing on today's number-one food-health concern: reducing fat. Rosso offers a broad collection of more than 800 delicious and easy, new recipes and a treasure trove of nutritional information, gardening and shopping tips, seasonal and international menus, and food history and lore. Illustrations.

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Julee Rosso, the co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbook brings us the cookbook for the '90s, focusing on today's number-one food-health concern: reducing fat. Rosso offers a broad collection of more than 800 delicious and easy, new recipes and a treasure trove of nutritional information, gardening and shopping tips, seasonal and international menus, and food history and lore. Illustrations.

From the Back Cover

Lower-Fat Cooking for Five Seasons

Spring Fever
-- Summer, the Season of Plenty
-- Autumn Leaves

Home for the Holidays
-- Winter Wonders

Menus for Celebrating Everything

Shooting-Star Night
-- Mother's Day Tea
-- Black-Tie New Year's Eve

Big-Plate Buffet
-- Halloween Hayride
-- Too Hot to Cook
-- Out on the Beach

Company's Coming
-- White Christmas Eve

International Feasts

Red-Hot Mexico
-- A Moroccan Oasis
-- Spanish Sunshine

Meet Us at the Trattoria
-- The Best of Bistro
-- On a Greek Island

The New Pantry

The Yogurt Culture
-- All About Oils
-- Salsas
-- Marinades
-- Vibrant Vinegars

The Pepper Patch
-- The Herb Garden
-- Great Garlic
-- A Grain of Truth

Use Your Noodle
-- Green Greener Greenest Salads

The New Classics

Magic Mousses
-- Great Good Pestos
-- Salad Spritzes, Splashes, and Sprays

Sunset Sips and Dips
-- Pizza Toss-Up
-- Sweet Nothings
-- Flavored Oils

Nutrition Update

Calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat analysis for every recipe "Good for You" tips
-- All about fat
-- How to monitor your indulgences --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (April 19, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517881225
• ISBN-13: 978-0517881224
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,088,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This cookbook was a real disappointment, November 10, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking (Hardcover)

I have an extensive cookbook collection, and Great Good food has been a big disappointment. I have The New Basics and The Silver Palate, and each of them, while not favorites, have provided me with recipes which I have enjoyed. Both are also fairly easy to use. However, Great Good Food has never provided me with anything that I really wanted to make again. Moreover, searching for a particular type of recipe is a chore. Recipes are broken up into "menus" and "seasons". When, for example, I want to look for appetizers or a soup, I don't want to have to spend an hour flipping through the whole book looking to see whether I've missed anything. Convenient it is not.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment with good intentions, June 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking (Paperback)

I looked forward to using this book after many happy explorations with The Silver Palate cook book. I found, however, that Ms. Rosso's recipes are very time-consuming and many of them have very long ingredient lists. It's a pity because I feel she is on the right track, trying to use fresh and essential flavors to create innovative and healthy dishes. I just don't think it needs to be as complicated as she makes it, nor should I feel as exhausted as I do when I cook from this book. I live in a major metropolitan area with ethnically diverse and yuppified food stores -- but even I have to make a trip to two to three supermarkets just to fulfill her recipe requirements!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't live without this book, April 19, 2001

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This review is from: Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking (Paperback)

I was thrilled to find Great Good Food. I used to make everything out the of the Silver Palate cookbooks and New Basics. However, all of the recipes were so calorie-laden. So, now I make many of my old favorites only lighter (and better). I also apply her "lightening" methods to recipes from the original books. Rosso's grouping of the recipes by season is nothing new. The Silver Palate Good Times cookbook is also organized in this fashion, and it is rated one of the best cookbooks. Familiarize yourself with the index (very complete), and you will be more than satisfied. As for the ingredients not being readily available, if one does any kind of cooking, these are things that you already have, or needed an excuse to buy.